Category: Episodes

William Blake wasn’t just a poet — he was a working printmaker who made everything himself. In this episode we look at […]

Before the gold. Before the color. Before the extraordinary patience of whoever held the brush. There was an animal. In this episode […]

Before the printing press, there were the scriptoria — cold stone rooms where monks copied every book by hand. This is their […]

Before the printing press, there were the scriptoria — cold stone rooms where monks copied every book by hand. This is their […]

Twelve hundred years ago, monks on a tidal island off the coast of England created some of the most intricate artwork in […]

A poll asked Americans if they supported teaching Arabic numerals in school. A significant number said no. They were probably thinking of […]

Before Gutenberg. Before the printing press. Before movable type changed Europe forever — someone in China was already doing it. They’d been […]